Steele Johnson
Steele Johnson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States on June 16th, 1996 and is the American Diver. At the age of 27, Steele Johnson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Johnson attended college at Purdue University. In 2015, Johnson became the first diver since Purdue alumnus David Boudia in 2009 to win NCAA titles on springboard and platform in the same year. Johnson also won CSCAA Diver of the year, Big Ten Diver of the Year, Purdue Male Athlete of the Year, Two-time All American (1-meter and platform diving), and Honorable Mention All-American (3-meter Diving); he was also a World Championships Qualifier (Synchronized 10-meter). Johnson was selected as the Big 10 Diver of the Week eight times during the 2014–2015 season and was named Diver of the Year for 2015.
Johnson redshirted the 2015-2016 diving season to train for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In December 2016, Johnson received a silver medal on the one-meter springboard at the USA Diving Winter National Championships and qualified for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. During the 2016 season, Johnson won bronze on three-meter and finished in the top four of all three diving events at the Big 10 Diving Championships. Steele scored a 470.05 points on one-meter, surpassing Boudia's previous record of 468.55 set in 2010. Additionally, Johnson won his first Big Ten Conference title for platform diving with a score of 547.8. Johnson was also named First Team All-Big Ten.
In March 2018, Johnson won his fifth NCAA championship, scoring 499.35 points to win his second championship in a row on the three-meter board.
Johnson underwent surgeries in September 2018 and February 2019 to remedy stress fractures in his right foot and subsequent complications. The foot injury and ensuing surgeries caused him to miss the entire college diving season. Johnson opted out of his final year of college diving eligibility to turn professional.
Olympic diving career (2016-)
At the June 2016 Olympic trials, Johnson and partner David Boudia achieved a score of 491.01 in men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving; this total was the highest ever for an American team. Johnson and Boudia went on to win a silver medal in that event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the Olympics, the pair were in second place following each of the six rounds of the competition. The team of Chen Aisen and Lin Yue of China won the gold, while the bronze went to Britain's Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow. Johnson and Boudia scored a 457.11. In the 10-meter platform individual event, Johnson placed 13th with a score of 447.85. After the 2016 Olympics, Johnson revealed that he had competed on a broken foot at the Olympic Games.
In June 2021, Johnson withdrew from the 2020 Olympic trials due to a right foot injury. (The 2020 Olympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) Johnson was competing on the springboard as an individual and in synchronized diving. In announcing his decision, Johnson said, "'I’ve endured 2 failed surgeries, years on and off of crutches and have pushed as hard as I physically can... My foot has not been healthy for 6 years now, but over the past few months my pain has been increasing to a level that is not sustainable to push through anymore'". Johnson has not ruled out participating in the 2024 Olympics.
Professional diving career (2019-)
In 2019, Johnson started diving with Ben Bramley on the platform synchro (Johnson's Olympic diving partner, David Boudia, decided to switch to springboard diving). Johnson and Bramley finished eighth in the 10m synchro at the 2019 World Championships held in Gwangju, Korea.